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e.ferguson

FW: FW: small favor: Arthur's Seat 31-32

Feb. 26, 2018, 4:22 p.m. (Message 69471)

Hi All,

A discussion has again arisen on bars 31-32 of "Arthur's Seat":  does 1c 
Petronella to the sidelines or do a 3/4 turn RH?  We diagram makers (like 
Keith Rose) and crib writers (like Minicrib and myself) want to "get it 
right", because often our interpretation is what dancers see on the dance 
programmes.  As David Haynes says, different sources and different 
interpretations exist.  I do not think it is right for _us_, the diagram and 
crib makers, to decide how to solve ambiguities in original descriptions and 
traditional interpretations.

I expect the number of such ambiguities to be small; they will mainly appear 
for "traditional" dances, as in the past descriptions were often formulated 
less precisely.

I propose that the RSCDS could ask one of its committees to act as "advice 
centre" on how to resolve these unclear texts.  The dance will usually go well 
whatever alternative is chosen, as long as all dancers do the same.  The such 
"authoritative advice" would be a great help.

Any comments?

Happy dancing,

Eric